Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7027X

SSP Group PLC

09 May 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

9 May 2016

SSP Group plc

(the "Company")

Notification of transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of Rule 3.1.4R of the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

The Company was notified on 9 May 2016 by Computershare Trustees Limited, the trustee of the UK Share Incentive Plan ("UK SIP"), that on 9 May 2016 the persons set out in the table below, each being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (a "PDMR"), acquired ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") under the Partnership Shares element of the UK SIP at a price of £2.9035 per Share and were also awarded Shares at nil consideration under the Matching Share element of the UK SIP.

The UK SIP is a share plan available to all of the Company's UK employees, subject to qualifying conditions.

The number of Shares purchased by and awarded to PDMRs under the terms of the Plan is as follows:

Name of PDMR	Number of Shares purchased - Partnership Shares	Number of Shares awarded - Matching Shares	Total Shares owned following notification (including Shares owned by their connected persons)
Kate Swann	43	21	4,603,064
Jonathan Davies	43	21	1,309,428
Mark Angela	43	21	982,387
Simon Smith	43	21	817,862